Cat Vaccination and Booster Record

Who this is for

A cat's vaccination history kept where you can find it. The upper table records each one as it is given, with the practice, the batch reference and the next due date your vet supplied; the lower table is for anything you noticed afterwards, which is the part owners most often mean to mention at the next appointment and forget.

Cat owners keeping their own copy of the record card, people booking a cattery or a house sitter, and anyone with an indoor and outdoor cat whose needs the vet has discussed differently.

What this helps you track

• What your cat has been given, on what date and by which practice
• The next due date as your vet gave it, in one column
• Batch or sticker references where the practice supplies them
• Anything you noticed in the days after, ready for the next appointment
• One record that survives a change of vet or a move

How to use it

1. Write the cat's details at the top, including the microchip number and whether the cat goes outdoors — your vet may have taken that into account.
2. Copy each entry from the record card: what was given, the date, the practice and the batch reference if one is printed.
3. Write the next due date your vet gave you in the due column. If you were not given one, leave it blank and ask.
4. If your cat is off colour, sore at the injection site or behaving differently afterwards, put a dated line in the lower table and say whether you rang the practice.
5. Take the sheet, or the browser version on a phone, to the next appointment.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The online version keeps what you enter in your own browser and builds the completed PDF on your device.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

Will this tell me when my cat's booster is due?

Only if your vet told you and you wrote it down. The sheet holds their date and does not calculate one. What a cat needs depends on the vaccine, where you live, whether the cat goes out and its own history.

Does a cattery accept this sheet as proof?

Usually not on its own. Catteries normally want the vet-signed card or certificate. This is your working copy, so you can see what is due before you book rather than on the doorstep.

What counts as a reaction worth writing down?

Anything you would want a vet to know: quieter than usual, off food, lame on the injected leg, a lump at the site, or anything that worried you. If you are concerned at the time, ring the practice — the log is a record, not a judgement.

My cat is indoor only. Is the record different?

The sheet is the same; the contents are your vet's decision. There is a line at the top for indoor or outdoor so the context travels with the record.

Can I keep two cats on one sheet?

Use one per cat. Two columns of dates for two animals is exactly where mistakes get made.